Hold Me In The Rain

Talk With Tristan

Bryan's POV
When I finally find the rest of the boys Chris and Tyler are trying to talk Tristan out of his rage and Darius is sitting in a chair with a look mixed with confusion and scared.

"Hey." I say softly as I approach the group of boys.
"What do you want?" Tristan grits his teeth with anger.
Chris puts his hand on Tristan's shoulder and Tyler steps back waiting for another physical fight to break out.
"Can we talk? Please?" I ask the youngest.
"I have nothing to say to you Bryan." He says turning his head away.
"Let me explain what-"
I'm cut off by Chris, "Tristan he deserves to explain himself. I've said it a million times, it's not what you think."
"Fine, 10 minutes." He says shaking his head in disbelief that nobody is as worried about (your name)'s  condition as he is.

I walk and sit down on the patio set with the rest of the boys and put my elbows on my knees taking a breath before explaining what happened.

Throughout explaining what happened Tristan's face softens, but the rage he held turned to shock.

"Wait, THAT'S why she has the bruises? THAT'S why you both have been weird?" Tristan half laughs.
"Yup." I laugh and shake my head.
"What the-" the youngest boy say.

We all share a laugh at the over reaction. While we may fight we work it out pretty quickly.

"I have to go tell her I'm sorry." Tristan says standing up from his seat.
"She's in my room with Dayne." I tell him.

He starts walking towards the house before he turns back around.
"Hey Bryan?" I hear him say.
"Yeah bud?" I turn to him.
"I'm sorry." He says softly.
"It's alright." I smile at him.
He turns back around and disappears out of sight.

There's a knock at the door and I yell for whoever it is to come in.
"Hey, can we uh- can we talk?" Tristan says walking in.
Dayne looks at me to make sure I'm okay and I smile, "Of course."m
Dayne gets up off the bed and walks out, Tristan quickly takes the spot on the bed back.

"What's up?" I ask after an awkward silence.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry. I shouldn't have reacted the way I did. I should've let at least you or Bryan explain." He says looking from his fidgeting hands to you.
You let out a light laugh, "it's alright Tristan."
After another silence he speaks up, "so? Good?" He laughs.
"Yes." I laugh back.
"Well good." He says.
The conversation is awkward, very awkward. But you're glad it happened.

Tristan stand up to leave the room. "Well I guess I'll see you when you come downstairs." He says.
"Tristan-" you say waiting for the boy to turn back around.
"We still have to finish Riverdale." You smile at him.
His eyes soften and glow with happiness, a smile appears on the boys face, and he turns back around.
He positions himself on the bed like he was before everything happened and you unpause the show.
You notice Bryan comes and peaks into the room to check on you and you flash a quick smile. He smiles back at you and looks to Tristan, the smile got bigger. It was like he was watching his little brother and love of his life bond. Even though Tristan isn't family by blood, he's family Bryan chose, so his happiness means just as much as his own or Chris's does.
Bryan breaks the gaze on Tristan and walks out of sight.

Tristan and you watch a couple more episodes before deciding to shut it off and go downstairs with the rest of the house.